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Hamerhead's 77 Sunburst restoration.


BCR Greg

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Young Tim(Hamerhead) can give the backstory on this one. When it arrived at the shop, this is what I found in the case.....

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Yes, that is a truss rod channel full of bondo, a THICK layer of brushed on paint and a severely broken headstock.

Looking closer at the back of the neck, we find....

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Why, the neck's nothing BUT bondo!

A couple of hours later.......

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Good God, this thing is worse than I though! If I hadn't found this....

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...I would have trashed it. BUT....it's the 89th Hamer Sunburst made, from 1977. After a long phone conversation with our owner, the decision is made to move forward.

Full armor on, kids, this one will be a battle.

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Well, it's wired up with new Hamer pots....

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..and the original rosewood shim is back under the bridge....

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So after making a new truss rod cover, and final assembly, here is the completed guitar....(drum roll)......

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The Rio Grande Barbeque and Genuine Texas sound KILLER in this bad boy. I tried to buy it from Tim, but he isn't selling!

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NEW DESKTOP PIC!!!

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Jeezus, Greg! You weren't kiddin'. I'm pretty much speechless right now and if you ask my wife, that's not possible. Holy sh.............

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I have to ask the unaskable- what does a repair like this cost?

Amazing work, beautiful job.

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Awesome repair! This guitar is almost like new now.

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